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- ↑ "Walter Scott's Personality Parade." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Salt Lake Tribune, July 24, 1988, p. 126 (subscription required).
- ↑ Gilchrist, Todd. "Julia Butters on ‘The Fabelmans,’ Stealing Scenes From DiCaprio and Meeting Anne Spielberg." Los Angeles, California: Variety, January 12, 2023.
- ↑ Kuperinsky, Amy. "'The Fabelmans' shows how Steven Spielberg's passion for film ignited in N.J." Iselin, New Jersey: NewJersey.com, March 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Arnold Spielberg, Computer Pioneer, Dies At 103." San Francisco, California: BusinessWire, August 26, 2020.
- ↑ Schiff, Stephen. "Seriously Steven Spielberg." New York, New York: The New Yorker, March 13, 1994 (subscription required).
- ↑ Spielberg, Nancy. "Nancy Spielberg: This is how it feels watching your life on screen - opinion." Israel: The Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2022.
- ↑ Kuperinsky, "'The Fabelmans' shows how Steven Spielberg's passion for film ignited in N.J.," in NewJersey.com, March 11, 2023.
